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- Health department releases June1 coronavirus stats
- Sports physicals program looking unlikely this summer
- Riceville Elementary celebrates graduates
- Community set to host parade for MCHS seniors Saturday
- ACS to begin giving out dinner as part of food service program
- Coronavirus shutdowns lead to major unemployment increases locally
- Athens Chamber donates to help TWU students
- New helpline established for Tennessee healthcare workers, first responders
- Riceville holds drive-in graduation ceremony
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NASHVILLE - Tennessee’s 2020 Free Fishing Day will go on as scheduled. The day is set for Saturday, June 6, when anyone may fish free without a license in Tennessee’s public waters.
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reported one boating-related fatality over the three-day 2020 Memorial Day holiday weekend and also made changes to turkey hunting regulations.
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The athletic physicals that area student-athletes get for free every summer are in doubt this year, but are not completely out of the question yet.
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Melinda Gail Denton, 46, of Madisonville, passed away on Wedne…
Phyllis Irene Jones, 67, of Athens, went home to be with her L…
Cedric C. Sharp Sr., 63, of Etowah went to be with his Lord an…
Robert Earl Womac, 66, of Riceville, died Thursday, May 28, 20…
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• Sam Scott Shaw, 59, of 147 Unicoi Lake Road, Tellico Plains, was arrested on May 26 by the McMinn County Sheriff’s Department and charged with violation of state probation. He was being held without bond and faces a date in Criminal Court on June 8. Read more
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